CHAPTER 3 LESSON 1

Question 1

is a limited capacity resource

Answer 1

Attention

Question 2

refers to characteristics
associated with consciousness, awareness and cognitive effort.

Answer 2

Attention

Question 3

TYPES OF ATTENTION

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1. Sustained attention
2. Selective attention
3. Alternating attention
4. Divided attention

Question 4

the capacity to pay attention to a single task for an extended period of time without getting sidetrack

Answer 4

Sustained attention

Question 5

the capacity to choose from a variety of inputs and narrow your attention to one while blocking out other distractions.

Answer 5

Selective attention

Question 6

the capacity to shift your attention between tasks that call for various levels of cognitive effort

Answer 6

Alternating attention

Question 7

the capacity to comprehend multiple responses or respond to several demands at once

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Divided attention

Question 8

proposed filter theory

Answer 8

Broadbent

Question 9

specified that we could only attend to
one input at a time.

Answer 9

filter theory

Question 10

Attention capacity theories that propose
one source of attentional resources for
which all activities requiring attention
compete or Kahneman’s attention theory

Answer 10

Central-Resource Capacity Theories

Question 11

There is a central pool of attention
resources, which means that there are
various attention mechanisms, each with
a finite number

Answer 11

Multiple Resource Theories

Question 12

is the available attention that a person can give to an activity and explanation of the model

Answer 12

Pool of effort

Question 13

examines the relationship between attention and arousal

Answer 13

Eysenck (1982)

Question 14

the single source from which all of our
mental resources originate, and it is
flexible

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Central pool

Question 15

a person’s general level of excitement

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Arousal

Question 16

It is a span task which required them
to perform two tasks simultaneously

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Dual Task Techniques

Question 17

a typical experimental technique used to examine how much attention is needed to carry out an action, or part of an action.

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Dual task procedure

Question 18

introduced a model of attention that
introduces the idea of deliberate
allocation.

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Kahneman

Question 19

described attention as a reservoir of mental energy from which resources are drawn to meet situational attentional demands for task processing.

Answer 19

Kahneman

Question 20

a reservoir of mental energy fromwhich resources are drawn to meet situational attention demands for task processing

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Kahneman’s model of attention

Question 21

is the directing of attention to specific characteristics in performance environment or to action preparation activities

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Attentional focus

Question 22

the amount of time spent concentrating on a task before becoming distracted

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Attention Capacity

Question 23

two types of arousal

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passive system
general system